Whats better than 1 AUV? 2 AUVs!
Posted: Oct 16th, 2011, 12:00 am
Hey,
I'm a grad student working on a collaborative AUV project. We've just started ordering some parts, so hopefully there will be something to show off in a couple of weeks.
Our basic system design looks something like this (pardon the MS paint): The current plan is to have each underwater vehicle tow a wireless router in a buoy. Each vehicle will have a network camera connected to the wireless router, sending video footage back to a base station for analysis. The wireless router will also be connected to an arduino on board the vehicle. The arduino will read sensor measurements and relay them back to the base station. It will also recieve commands from the base station and drive the thrusters accordingly. Much of this architecture is based off of the wifi rc car found here.
For thrusters, we're planning on having 2 thrusters for forward/backward and turning, and another 2 thrusters for depth and pitch. Our initial design looks something like this: (PS: I know the thrusters on top don't actually provide thrust in that configuration, this was the marketing picture )
We're planning on 1000GPH bilge pump cartridges all around, powered by an onboard SLA battery.
I'll try to keep this thread updates as we make progress.
Cheers,
-Seawolf
I'm a grad student working on a collaborative AUV project. We've just started ordering some parts, so hopefully there will be something to show off in a couple of weeks.
Our basic system design looks something like this (pardon the MS paint): The current plan is to have each underwater vehicle tow a wireless router in a buoy. Each vehicle will have a network camera connected to the wireless router, sending video footage back to a base station for analysis. The wireless router will also be connected to an arduino on board the vehicle. The arduino will read sensor measurements and relay them back to the base station. It will also recieve commands from the base station and drive the thrusters accordingly. Much of this architecture is based off of the wifi rc car found here.
For thrusters, we're planning on having 2 thrusters for forward/backward and turning, and another 2 thrusters for depth and pitch. Our initial design looks something like this: (PS: I know the thrusters on top don't actually provide thrust in that configuration, this was the marketing picture )
We're planning on 1000GPH bilge pump cartridges all around, powered by an onboard SLA battery.
I'll try to keep this thread updates as we make progress.
Cheers,
-Seawolf